Institutional Review Board

Please note that there are new updated documents for your convenience. Please contact Autumn McKeel atamckeel@aurora.edu or 630-844-6186if you have any questions.

This section is designed to help you navigate ethics practices at Aurora University. Institutional Review Boards review your research proposal if you are conducting research either with human or animal subjects.

Please scan all documents into one document and send to the chair of the committee. Please include your full name and full date in the title of your document.

Level of Review

Use the following document to help you determine if your study is considered research. The form is to be used as a guide, and if you have further questions or concerns, please contact your representative – see above information.

(The one exception to this rule is when a teacher is conducting action research, trying out an instructional technique to see how well it works. The technique cannot involve audio or videotaping students, surveying them, or interviewing them. These research methods require parent and student permission. Action research consists of usual classroom activities.)